Should I start Keaton Mitchell or Corey Kiner in Week 8?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Keaton Mitchell, and the board ranks him 169th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Corey Kiner, and the board ranks him 171st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Keaton Mitchell is 1.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Corey Kiner is 1.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 12 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Keaton Mitchell's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season so far

Through Week 6, Keaton Mitchell has been on the field for 32 percent of LAC snaps, taken 21 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 10 times for 39 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DEN he carried 6 times for 11 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, Corey Kiner has been on the field for 12 percent of NE snaps, taken 18 percent of the carries, drawn 1 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 56 third down targets, had 0 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 4.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against LV he carried 6 times for 52 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against NYJ he carried 11 times for 57 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against CHI he carried 4 times for 13 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Keaton Mitchell played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing RB67.

He carried 59 times for 341 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 63 more yards.

That came to 4-5 carries a game at 5.8 yards a carry and 0.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 17 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Corey Kiner played 4 games and scored 9.3 PPR points, 2.3 a game, finishing RB112.

He carried 12 times for 58 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 more yards.

That came to 3.0 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0-1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 7 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Keaton Mitchell was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Keaton Mitchell scored 4.3 PPR points a game and Corey Kiner 2.3, 1.9 a game between them.

Keaton Mitchell finished RB67 that year and Corey Kiner RB112.

Keaton Mitchell had 47 more carries than Corey Kiner, 59 to 12.

Keaton Mitchell had 7 more catches than Corey Kiner, 9 to 2.

This season Keaton Mitchell holds the bigger snap share, 32 percent against 12 percent.

This season Keaton Mitchell holds the bigger share of the carries, 21 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Keaton Mitchell is off in Week 7 and Corey Kiner in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.